Bluecoat’s Print Studio has taken up residency at Crosby Library until next month.
The Music Room at the popular library in Waterloo will become a community print resource, installation and printmaking workshop for the duration of the residency. Visitors can take part in artists’ projects, demonstrations, family arts sessions and drop in activities.
Devised and led by artists, makers and designers, the programme will offer an engaging activity each day, where visitors can learn creative skills and taIk to artists about their work.
At the Library is a new programme commissioned by Sefton Library Service and The Atkinson to develop the arts in the borough’s six libraries, inviting artists and communities to see their library differently.
Producer Maria Brewster said: “We hope this new programme will remind people how important our libraries are as a space for creativity, learning and community engagement.”
“For the first season of work we are focusing on all things performative, participatory and process-driven.
“The Fairland Collective are working with us to produce a series of One Pot lunches in collaboration with communities in all the different libraries.
“We’ll be exploring play and the agency of children and young people through Playing Up with the Live Art Development Agency; and of course the Print Studio project in collaboration with Bluecoat, programmed with Fran Disley.
“The print studio will be set up as part workroom, part installation and part community resource to provide a space for creative production by artists, library users and community groups.
“At the end of the project we’ll have explored what a collaborative language of printmaking might be, and will have built a portable printmaking kit that can be used in all the different libraries across Sefton.”
Events are free but booking is essential. For tickets, visit https://saturdayprintclub.eventbrite.com. More information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/ArtAtTheLibrary/